IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch
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1. ensures availability and simplifies management for the most demanding applications and expanding virtualization environments The factory installed licenses include ISL Trunking Consolidates ISLs into fault tolerant and load balanced trunks with bandwidth of up to 128 Gbps for greater performance and simplified management Adaptive Networking Ensures high priority connections that obtain the bandwidth necessary for optimum performance Advanced Performance Monitoring Provides end to end visibility into fabric performance to maximize performance tuning and the utilization of fabric resources Fabric Watch Monitors and creates alerts based on the health of switch and fabric elements Extended Fabrics Extends Fibre Channel SANs beyond traditional distance limitations for replication and backup at full bandwidth Server Application Optimization Allows virtual machine quality of service authentication and monitoring from SAN through adapter to Virtual Machine and associated virtualized application Supported Fibre Channel standards The switch supports the following Fibre Channel standards IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switches FC AL 2 INCITS 332 1999 FC GS 5 ANSI INCITS 427 includes the following e FC GS 4 ANSI INCITS 387 2004 FC IFR INCITS 1745 D revision 1 03 under development FC SW 4 INCITS 418 2006 includes the following e FC SW 3 INCITS 384 2004 FC VI INCITS 357 2002 FC TAPE INCITS TR 24 1999 F2. C DA INCITS TR 36 2004 includes the following e FC FLA INCITS TR 20 1998 e FC PLDA INCIT S TR 19 1998 FC MI 2 ANSI INCITS TR 39 2005 FC PI INCITS 352 2002 FC PI 2 INCITS 404 2005 FC PI 4 INCITS 1647 D revision 7 1 under development FC PI 5 INCITS 479 2011 FC FS 2 ANSI INCITS 424 2006 includes the following e FC FS INCITS 373 2003 FC LS INCITS 433 2007 FC BB 3 INCITS 414 2006 includes the following FC BB 2 INCITS 372 2003 FC SB 3 INCITS 374 2003 replaces FC SB ANSI X3 271 1996 FC SB 2 INCITS 374 2001 RFC 2625 IP and ARP Over FC RFC 2837 Fabric Element MIB MIB FA INCITS TR 32 2003 FCP 2 INCITS 350 2003 replaces FCP ANSI X3 269 1996 SNIA Storage Management Initiative Specification SMI S Version 1 2 includes the following e SNIA Storage Management Initiative Specification SMI S Version 1 03 ISO standard 1S24775 2006 Replaces ANSI INCITS 388 2004 e SNIA Storage Management Initiative Specification SMI S Version 1 1 0 e SNIA Storage Management Initiative Specification SMI S Version 1 2 0 Supported chassis and adapter cards The switches are installed in switch bays in the rear of the IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis as shown in the following figure Switches are normally installed in pairs since I O adapter cards installed in the compute nodes route to two switch bays for redundancy and performance Figure 2 Location of the switch bays in the IBM Flex System Enterprise Chass
3. N Scalable Switch 12 port or 24 port or 24 port with ESB Two 16 Gb SFP optical transceivers included with 24 port 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch only Important Notices Flyer Warranty Flyer Documentation CD ROM The part numbers for the Features on Demand upgrades include the following items e Features on Demand Activation Flyer e Upgrade activation key The switch does not include a serial management cable however IBM Flex System Management Serial Access Cable 90Y9338 is supported and contains two cables a mini USB to RJ45 serial cable and a mini USB to DB9 serial cable either of which can be used to connect to the switch locally for configuration tasks and firmware updates The FC5022 12 port and 24 port ESB SAN switches come without SFP which must be ordered separately to provide outside connectivity The FC5022 24 port SAN switch comes standard with two Brocade 16 Gb SFP transceivers additional SFP can be ordered if required The following table lists supported SFP options Table 2 Supported SFP transceivers Feature code Description Part number x config e config Brocade 8Gb SFP SW Optical Transceiver 88Y6416 5084 5370 Brocade 16Gb SFP Optical Transceiver 88Y6393 A22R 5371 IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switches 2 The following table provides a feature comparison by model for IBM Flex System FC5022 switches Table 3 Feature comparison by model Feature 24 port 16 Gb 24 port 16 Gb 16 Gb SAN E
4. SB SAN switch SAN switch switch Enhanced Group Management Advanced Performance Monitoring Server Application Optimization The following table provides compatibility information for the switch modules and Features on Demand upgrades for them Table 4 Features on Demand upgrade compatibility Part 24 port 16 Gb 24 port 16 Gb 16 Gb SAN Features on Demand upgrade number ESB SAN switch SAN switch switch IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN 88Y6382 No No Yes Scalable Switch Upgrade 1 IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN 88Y6386 Yes Yes Yes Scalable Switch Upgrade 2 IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb Fabric 00Y3320 No Yes Yes Watch Upgrade IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb 00Y3322 No Yes ISL Trunking Upgrade With Dynamic Ports on Demand DPOD ports are licensed as they come online With the 16 Gb SAN switch the first 12 ports reporting on a first come first served basis on boot up are assigned licenses These 12 ports can be any combination of external or internal Fibre Channel FC ports After all licenses have been assigned you can manually move those licenses from one port to another Because this is dynamic no defined ports are reserved except ports 0 and 29 The 24 port 16 Gb SAN switches have the same behavior the only difference is the number of ports IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switches 3 The following table shows the total number of port licenses on the switch after applying compatible port upgrades Table 5 Po
5. UV component report amp IEC60950 CB Report and Certificate FCC Title 47 CFR Part 15 Class A Canada ICES 003 Australia New Zealand C Tick AS NZS CISPR 22 2006 CE Mark EN55022 2006 A1 2007 and EN55024 1998 A1 2001 A2 2003 VCCI Class A Japan VCCI 2009 Korea s EMC with KCC marking previously MIC marking MIC Notice No 1996 78 Korea CISPR 22 Class A Taiwan BSMI CNS 13438 Turkey Communiqu No 2004 9 and No 2004 22 Saudi Arabia EMC CVG 28 October 2002 China GB 9524 1998 IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switches Popular configurations The following figure shows use of the IBM Flex System FC5022 24 port 16Gb ESB SAN Scalable Switch to route two ports on the adapter card installed in slot 2 of the compute node Each compute node has two 16 Gb FC ports and two FC5022 ESB SAN switches are installed in bays 3 and 4 of the Enterprise Chassis The connections between the adapter card and the switches are internal to the chassis No cabling is needed Switch 1 3 2 4 Internal 10 Gb Ethernet connections l t z f through the chassis midplane Me ae Internal 16 Gb FC connections through the chassis midplane Figure 5 Using FC5022 24 port 16Gb ESB SAN Scalable Switch with FC5022 16 Gb FC adapters installed in compute nodes Table 8 Components used when connecting the 16 Gb FC adapters to the 16 Gb FC switches IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node with 1 to 14 Embedded 10Gb
6. Virtual Fabric Adapter IBM Flex System FC5022 2 port 16Gb FC Adapter IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 10Gb Scalable 2 Switch IBM Flex System FC5022 24 port 16Gb ESB SAN 2 Scalable Switch Refer to the IBM System Storage Interoperation Center SSIC for a list of supported Fibre Channel configurations http ibm com systems support storage ssic IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switches 13 Related publications For more information see the IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Switches product publications available from the IBM Flex System Information Center http publib boulder ibm com infocenter flexsys information index jsp User s Guide The following Fabric Operating System publications are available from http ibm brocadeassist com public FabricOSv7xRelease Fabric OS Administrator s Guide Network Advisor SAN User Manual Access Gateway Administrator s Guide Fabric OS Command Reference Manual Fabric OS MIB Reference Manual Fabric OS System Error Message Reference Manual Web Tools Administrator s Guide Secure Fabric OS Administrator s Guide Fabric Watch Administrator s Guide Other documents IBM US Announcement Letter for the 16Gb SAN and 24 port ESB SAN switches http ibm com common ssi cgi bin ssialias infotype dd amp subtype ca amp amp htmlfid 89 7 ENUS 1 12 053 IBM US Announcement Letter for the 16Gb 24 port SAN switch http ibm com common ssi cgi bi
7. and Access Gateway mode e 255 N_port logins per physical port e D_port support on external ports e Class 2 and Class 3 frames e SNMP v1 and v3 support e SSH v2 support e SSL support e NTP client support NTP V3 e FTP support for firmware upgrades e SNMP MIB monitoring functionality contained within the Ethernet Control MIB II RFC1213 MIB e UUID put into MIB structure e End to end optics and link validation e Ability to send switch events and syslogs to the IBM Chassis Management Module CMM e Traps identify cold start warm start link up link down and authentication failure events e Support for IPv4 and IPv6 on the management ports IBM Flex System FC5022 switches come standard with the following software features e Full Fabric mode Enables high performance 16 Gb or 8 Gb fabric switching e Access Gateway mode Leverages NPIV to connect to any fabric without adding switch domains to reduce management complexity e Dynamic Path Selection Enables exchange based load balancing across multiple Inter Switch Links for superior performance e Advanced Zoning Segments a SAN into virtual private SANs to increase security and availability e Enhanced Group Management Enables centralized and simplified management of SAN fabrics through IBM Network Advisor IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switches The 24 port ESB model 90Y9356 is a fully enabled switch with a complete set of licensed features that maximizes performance
8. d supported dual port FC adapters Table 6 Adapter to I O bay correspondence I O adapter slot Corresponding I O module bay in the server Port on the adapter in the chassis Slot 1 Slot 2 The following table lists the storage I O adapters supported by the FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switches With 8 Gb FC adapters internal ports on a switch will operate at 8 Gb speeds Table 7 Storage adapters Feature code Support for Description Part number x config e config FC5022 switch 16 Gb Fibre Channel IBM Flex System FC5022 2 port 16Gb FC Adapter 88Y6370 A1BP None 8 Gb Fibre Channel IBM Flex System FC3172 2 port 8Gb FC Adapter 691938 A1BM 1764 aa IBM Flex System FC3052 2 port 8Gb FC Adapter 95Y2375 A2N5 None IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switches 9 The adapters are installed in slots in each compute node Figure 4 shows the locations of the slots in the x240 Compute Node The positions of the adapters in the other supported servers are similar Figure 4 Location of the I O adapter slots in the IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node Connectors and LEDs Figure 5 shows the front panel of the IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switches 20x external SFP ports Mini USB 1 GbE RJ 45 Switch management port management port LEDs Figure 5 Front panel of the IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switches The front panel contains the following components e LEDs that display the status of th
9. e switch module and the fabric e OK LED indicates that the switch module has passed the power on self test POST with no critical faults and is operational e Identify This Blue LED can be used to identify the switch physically by illuminating via the management software e Error LED switch module error indicates that the switch module has failed the POST or detected an operational fault e One mini USB RS 232 console port that provides an additional means to configure the switch module This mini USB style connector enables connection of a special serial cable cable is optional and it is not included with the switch see Part number information section for details IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switches 10 e One 1 Gb Ethernet RJ 45 port for switch configuration and management e 20 external SFP port connectors to attach SFP modules for 16 Gb 8 Gb or 4 Gb connections to external Fibre Channel devices e AnFC link error LED and an FC Tx Rx LED for each external port on the switch Cabling requirements The cables required for the switch are as follows e 16 Gb FC SW SFP transceivers see Table 2 e 850 nm communication using multimode fiber cable 50 u or 62 5 u up to 100 m at 16 Gbps speed LC duplex connector e 8 Gb FC SW SFP transceivers see Table 2 e 850 nm communication using multimode fiber cable 50 u or 62 5 u up to 150 m at 8 Gbps speed LC duplex connector e 1000BASE T external 1 GbE manag
10. eight ports at 16 8 or 4 Gbps speeds to combine to form a single logical ISL with a speed of up to 128 Gbps 256 Gbps full duplex for optimal bandwidth utilization automatic path failover and load balancing e Fabric OS FOS version 7 0 x or higher which delivers distributed intelligence throughout the network and enables a wide range of value added applications such as Advanced Web Tools and Advanced Fabric Services on certain models e Supports up to 768 Gbps I O bandwidth e 420 million frames switch per second 0 7 microseconds latency e 8192 buffers for up to 3750 km extended distance at 4 Gbps FC Extended Fabrics license required e In flight 64 Gbps Fibre Channel compression and decompression support on up to two external ports no license required e In flight 32 Gbps encryption and decryption on up to two external ports no license required e 48 Virtual Channels VCs per port e Port mirroring to monitor ingress or egress traffic from any port within the switch e Two I2C connections able to interface to redundant management modules IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switches e Hot pluggable up to 4 hot pluggable switches per chassis e Single fuse circuit e Four temperature sensors e One internal real time clock e Managed with Web Tools e Supports a minimum of 128 domains in Native mode and Interoperability mode e Full fabric switch change to Access Gateway mode e Nondisruptive code load in Native mode
11. ement port UTP Category 6 UTP Category 5e 100 meters maximum UTP Category 5 100 meters maximum EIA TIA 568B 100 ohm STP 100 meters maximum e RS 232 serial cable Console cable DB 9 to mini USB or RJ 45 to mini USB nonstandard use of USB connector that come with optional IBM Flex System Management Serial Access Cable 90Y9338 Warranty There is a 1 year customer replaceable unit CRU limited warranty When installed in a chassis these switches assume your system s base warranty and any IBM ServicePac upgrade Physical specifications The approximate dimensions and weight of the switch are as follows Height 30 mm 1 2 in Width 401 mm 15 8 in Depth 317 mm 12 5 in Weight 3 2 kg 7 1 Ib Shipping dimensions and weight approximate Height 114 mm 4 5 in Width 508 mm 20 0 in Depth 432 mm 17 0 in Weight 3 6 kg 8 1 Ib IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switches 11 Operating environment Temperature e Operating 0 C to 35 C 32 F to 95 F e Non operating 5 C to 45 C 41 F to 113 F Altitude e Upto 3 000 m 10 000 ft above sea level Humidity e Operating 20 to 80 noncondensing at 29 C e Non operating 8 to 80 noncondensing at 38 C Regulatory compliance The switch conforms to the following standards US UL CB TUV reports and certificates per EN60950 1 2001 IEC60950 1 2001 Canada CSA C22 2 No 950 or 60950 Germany TUV VDE IEC 950 EN 60950 T
12. he IBM 16 8 Gbps SAN Scalable Switch is in the ServerProven program ensuring compatibility among a variety of IBM and partner products IBM recognizes that customers deserve the most innovative expert integrated systems solutions Features and specifications The FC5022 16Gb Switches have the following features and specifications e Internal ports e 28 internal full duplex 16 Gb FC ports up to 14 internal ports can be activated with Ports on Demand feature remaining ports are reserved for future use e Internal ports operate as F_ports fabric ports in native mode or in access gateway mode e Two internal full duplex 1 GbE ports connected to the chassis management module e External ports e 20 external ports for 16 Gb SFP or 8 Gb SFP transceivers supporting 4 Gb 8 Gb and 16 Gb port speeds Supported SFP modules are listed in Table 2 Ports are activated with Ports on Demand feature e External ports can operate as F_ports fabric ports or E_ports expansion ports in native mode or as N_ports node ports in access gateway mode e One external 1 GbE port 1000BASE T with RJ 45 connector for switch configuration and management e One RS 232 serial port mini USB connector that provides an additional means to configure the switch module e Access gateway mode N_Port ID Virtualization NPIV support e Power on self test diagnostics and status reporting e _Inter Switch Link ISL Trunking licensable which allows up to
13. is The connections between the adapters installed in the compute nodes to the switch bays in the chassis are shown diagrammatically in the following figure The figure shows both half wide servers such as the x240 with two adapters and full wide servers such as the p460 with four adapters Each line between an I O adapter and a switch is four links Figure 3 Logical layout of the interconnects between I O adapters and I O modules IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switches The IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switches can be installed in bays 1 2 3 and 4 of the Enterprise chassis A supported adapter card must be installed in a corresponding slot of the compute node slot A1 when switches are installed in bays 1 and 2 or slot A2 when switches are in bays 3 and 4 With compute nodes that have an integrated dual port 10 GbE network interface controller NIC these switches can only be installed in bays 3 and 4 because integrated NICs ports are routed to bays 1 and 2 with a specialized periscope connector and the FC adapter card cannot be installed in slot A1 However when needed the periscope connector can be replaced with an FC adapter card in which case the integrated NIC will be disabled and FC switches can be used in bays 1 and 2 The following table shows the connections between adapters installed in the compute nodes to the switch bays in the chassis with IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switches an
14. n be transparently replaced because 16 Gbps optics are hot pluggable e A building block for virtualized private cloud storage The FC5022 16Gb Switch supports multi tenancy in cloud environments through VM aware end to end visibility and monitoring Quality of Service QoS and fabric based advanced zoning features The switch enables secure distance extension to virtual private or hybrid clouds with dark fiber support as well as in flight encryption and data compression Internal fault tolerant and enterprise class RAS features help minimize downtime to support mission critical environments e Simplified and optimized interconnect with Access Gateway operational mode The FC5022 16Gb Switch can be deployed as a full fabric switch or as an Access Gateway which simplifies fabric topologies and heterogeneous fabric connectivity Access Gateway mode utilizes N_Port ID Virtualization NPIV switch standards to present physical and virtual servers directly to the core of SAN fabrics This makes it transparent to the SAN fabric greatly reducing management of the network edge The IBM SAN Scalable Switch in Access Gateway mode can connect servers to NPIV enabled IBM Brocade B Series or other vendor SAN fabrics IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switches 4 e Maximizing investments To help optimize technology investments IBM offers a single point of serviceability backed by industry renowned education support and training In addition t
15. n ssialias infotype dd amp subtype ca amp amp htmlfid 89 7 ENUS 112 139 IBM US Announcement Letter for the Features on Demand upgrades http ibm com common ssi cgi bin ssialias infotype dd amp subtype ca amp amp htmlfid 89 7 ENUS 112 185 IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis Product Guide http www redbooks ibm com abstracts tips0865 html IBM Flex System FC5022 2 port 16Gb FC Adapter http www redbooks ibm com abstracts tips0891 html IBM Flex System Products and Technology SG24 7984 http www redbooks ibm com abstracts sg247523 html IBM Flex System Interoperability Guide http www redbooks ibm com abstracts redpfsig html Open IBM Redbooks Product Guides for IBM Flex System servers and options http www redbooks ibm com portals puresystems Configuration and Option Guide http www ibm com systems xbc cog IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switches 14 Notices This information was developed for products and services offered in the U S A IBM may not offer the products services or features discussed in this document in other countries Consult your local IBM representative for information on the products and services currently available in your area Any reference to an IBM product program or service is not intended to state or imply that only that IBM product program or service may be used Any functionally equivalent product program or service that does not infringe any IBM intellectual property right may be u
16. nt workload deployment and management for maximum business agility This chassis delivers high speed performance complete with integrated servers storage and networking for multi chassis management in datacenter compute environments Furthermore its flexible design can meet the needs of varying workloads with independently scalable IT resource pools for higher utilization and lower cost per workload While increased security and resiliency protect vital information and promote maximum uptime the integrated easy to use management system reduces setup time and complexity providing a quicker path to ROI IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switches 1 Part number information The part numbers to order the switch and optional upgrades are shown in the following table Table 1 Part numbers and feature codes for ordering Feature code Description Part number x config e config Switch modules IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch A1EH 3770 IBM Flex System FC5022 24 port 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch A3DP ESW5 IBM Flex System FC5022 24 port 16Gb ESB SAN Scalable Switch A2RQ 3771 Features on Demand upgrades IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch Upgrade 1 IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch Upgrade 2 IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb Fabric Watch Upgrade IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb ISL Trunking Upgrade The part numbers for the switches include the following items One IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SA
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18. qe Redbooks IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switches IBM Redbooks Product Guide The IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch is a high density 48 port 16 Gbps Fibre Channel switch that is used in the IBM Flex System chassis The switch provides 28 internal ports to compute nodes by way of the midplane and 20 external SFP ports These SAN switch modules deliver an embedded option for IBM Flex System users deploying storage area networks in their enterprise They offer end to end 16 Gb and 8 Gb connectivity The N Port Virtualization mode streamlines the infrastructure by reducing the number of domains to manage while enabling the ability to add or move servers without impact to the SAN Monitoring is simplified by an integrated management appliance or clients using end to end IBM B type SAN can exploit the IBM management tools Figure 1 shows the switch module Figure 1 IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch Did you know Diagnostic ports D_ports are a new port type supported by the FC5022 16 Gb switches that enables administrators to quickly identify and isolate 16 Gbps optics port and cable problems reducing fabric deployment and diagnostic times If the optical media is found to be the source of the problem it can be transparently replaced because 16 Gbps optics are hot pluggable IBM Flex System a new category of computing and the next generation of Smarter Computing offers intellige
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20. rts on Demand upgrades Total number of port licenses 24 port 16 Gb 24 port 16 Gb 16 Gb SAN Ports on Demand upgrade ESB SAN switch SAN switch switch Upgrade 1 88Y6382 adds 12 port licenses Not supported Not supported With the dual port FC adapters installed in compute nodes up to 34 ports 14 internal 20 external can be utilized The remaining 14 internal ports are reserved for future use Benefits The switches offer the following key benefits e Exceptional price performance for growing SAN workloads The FC5022 16Gb Switch delivers exceptional price performance for growing SAN workloads through a combination of market leading 1600 MB sec throughput per port and an affordable high density form factor The 48 FC ports produce an aggregate 768 Gbps full duplex throughput plus any external eight ports can be trunked for 128 Gbps Inter Switch Links ISLs Because 16 Gbps port technology dramatically reduces the number of ports and associated optics cabling required through 8 4 Gbps consolidation the cost savings as well as simplification benefits are substantial e Accelerating fabric deployment and serviceability with diagnostic ports Diagnostic Ports D_Ports are a new port type supported by the FC5022 16Gb Switch that enables administrators to quickly identify and isolate 16 Gbps optics port and cable problems reducing fabric deployment and diagnostic times If the optical media is found to be the source of the problem it ca
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